The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon
|
List Price: Our Price: $6.25 You Save: $9.70 (61%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)
Book Review: One of the best books I've ever read. Ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is Michael Chabon at his best. The story is gripping, the characters wonderfully quirky. And the writing -- oh, the writing! There are so many sentences and even whole passages that are simply breath-taking. I kept thinking "I wish it was me who had written that sentence!" Chabon has an amazing gift with words. I have read most of his other books, but I think this is his best work so far. I absolutely loved it, and I know I will be rereading it many many times.Book Review: This generation's best writer
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who loves reading...for that matter, anyone who fancy's themselves as possible writers can take a breather and see true genius at work with Michael Chabon. I doubted that he could ever top Kavalier and Clay, but with this phenomenal story that transports the reader into a wholly unknown world, but then surprises at every turn, Chabon has proven he is a writer worth reading. No one should miss his novels. At least anyone who loves to read.Book Review: Score
Summary: 5 Stars
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is one of the best novels I've read in a long, long time. While it certainly has merits as a mystery, it is the characters, ghostly images of diaspora, and the plight of all people without a homeland that make this novel resonate long after one has put it down. Given events in the Middle East, Chabon's novel has an added poignancy, as it challenges one to contemplate a world without a Jewish homeland.Book Review: Outstanding prose, addictive story, rushed and confused ending.
Summary: 5 Stars
While it may take a few pages to get in accord with Chabon's rhythm, it becomes a great, fanciful ride. Creative use of English and Yiddish spices the already interesting storyline, told in the noir style of a fictional urban shtetl. I searched the book for an unimaginative sentence and could not find one. My only gripe is the short shrift given to the ending, leaving this reader a bit confused and unsatisfied.Book Review: Loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not Jewish so, like others have commented, I didn't get all the Yiddish references,etc. BUT Chabon's writing is so entertaining and his way with words so enjoyable that I just couldn't put it down. I encourage those that may be put off by some of the reviews to just go with the flow of the whole alternate history angle of the story and lose yourself in the humor and craftsmanship of Chabon's words.